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lena. Petioles downy. Bracteas linear, tomentose. Calyx 

 tomentose, almost quite entire. Corolla funnel-shaped, white. 

 The sterile filament has not been seen. 

 River-side Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. ? 



56 B. LITTORA'LIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 139.) scandent, 

 cirrhose ; branches terete, glabrous ; branchlets hairy ; leaves 

 ternate ; leaflets roundish-ovate, acuminated, clothed with soft 

 hairs on both surfaces ; panicles axillary ; corollas downy 

 outside. *2 w ? S. Native of Mexico, about Acapulco. 

 Petioles tomentose. Branches of panicle dichotomous, tomen- 

 tose. Calyx downy, obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, red. The sterile filament has not been seen. 



Sea-shore Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. ? 



57 B. H^MA'NTIIA (Bert, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 832.) erect ; 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets elliptic, retuse, coriaceous, quite gla- 

 brous ; peduncles short, axillary, few-flowered. Tj . S. Native 

 of Porto Rico. 



Blood-flowered Trumpet-flower. Shrub erect. 



J 4. Leaves digitate, destitute of tendrils. 



58 B. LEPIDOTA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 139.) 

 arboreous ; leaves quinate ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong, obtuse ; 

 with revolute edges, coriaceous, glabrous, covered with small, 

 scale-like dots beneath ; peduncles axillary, usually 3-flowered ; 

 corollas glabrous. *j . S. Native of Cuba, between Havannah 

 and Regla. Branches angular, dichotomous. Peduncles clothed 

 with rusty powder. Calyx irregularly 5-6-toothed, lepidoted 

 outside. Corolla 2 inches long, funnel-shaped, rose-coloured ; 

 with a curved tube, and roundish, undulated lobes. 



Scaly-dotted Trumpet-flower. Tree. 



59 B. FLUVIA'TILIS (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 655. t. 267. H. B. et 

 Kunth, 1. c. p. 139. Meyer, esseq. 211.) arboreous; leaves 

 quinate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 shining ; corymbs axillary, somewhat dichotomous ; corollas 

 downy outside. P? . S. Native of Guiana, on the banks of 

 rivers, but always so near their mouths that the water is salt, 

 Aublet ; in humid places, on the banks of the Orinoco, near 

 Carichana. Branches terete, warted. Petioles puberulous. 

 Calyx irregularly 3-5-cleft, clothed with white tomentum, ex 

 Kunth, 4-5-loothed, ex Aubl. Corolla funnel-shaped, white. 

 Follicles oblong, compressed, obtuse. Meyer's plant differs from 

 that of Aublet, in the peduncles being few-flowered and termi- 

 nal, in the calyxes being sub-quinquefid, and in the flowers 

 being fasciculately racemose. Corolla 2 inches long. Lobes of 

 stigma roundish, white. 



River Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1824. Tree tall. 



60 B. SSCULIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 140.) arboreous ; leaflets 7, obovate-oblong, short-acuminated, 

 narrowed at the base, membranous, downy above, clothed with 

 canescent tomentum beneath ; panicles terminal, sub-corymbose; 

 corollas downy outside. J? . S. Native of Mexico, in hot 

 valleys, between Acapulco and Mescalo A very tall tree. 

 Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla sub-campanulate, orange-coloured; 

 with a very short tube ; a ventricose throat, which is plicate, 

 longitudinally inside ; the 2 upper segments of the limb erect, 

 smaller; the 3 lower ones reflexed, bearded, marked by a yellow 

 spot. 



Horse-chestnut-leaved Trumpet-flower. Tree tall. 



61 B. LEUCOXVLON (Lin. spec. p. 870.) arboreous; leaves 

 quinate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers 

 terminal, solitary or twin. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica, on 

 the banks of rivers. Andr. bot. rep. p. 43. t. 43. Swartz, 

 obs. p. 233 Brown, jam. 263. Pluk. aim. 215. t. 200. 

 f. 4. Sloane, jam. p. 154. hist. 2. p. 62. Leaves with 5-7-8 

 leaflets. Calyx bilabiate ; upper lip rounded ; lower lip bifid ; 

 with ovate, sharp teeth. Corolla rose-coloured; with along, 



narrow tube, swelling a little at top ; limb bilabiate ; upper 

 lip the shortest; all the segments rounded and waved, and 

 somewhat villous. Follicles long, Swartz, pendulous. The 

 wood is very hard and white. The flowers are white, not unlike 

 those of Stramonium, rising before the leaves, several together, 

 from the ends of the shoots. Pods square, Sloane. 



White-wooded Trumpet-flower. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 

 Tree. 



62 B. CHRYSA'NTHA (Jacq. schoenbr. 2. p. 45. t. 211.) arbo- 

 reous ; leaflets 5, ovate, acuminated, tomentose ; flowers termi- 

 nal, crowded. Jj . S. Native at Caraccas. Leaflets on long 

 pedicels, 5 inches long. Calyx tubularly-campanulate, 5- 

 toothed. Corollas 2 inches long, yellow. Flowers copious at 

 the tops of the branches; peduncles 1-2-flowered. 



Yellow-flowered Trumpet-flower. Fl. May. Clt. 1823. 

 Tree 12-26 feet. 



63 B. HIRSU'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 222. Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 299.) arboreous ; leaves quinate ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, 

 downy beneath ; panicles terminal ; corollas curved, clothed 

 with rufescent, yellowish hairs outside. T; . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Leaflets nearly 8 inches long. Flowers small, 

 yellow-red. Calyx nearly truncate, furnished with 4 very short 

 teeth. Stamens exserted. 



Hairy Trumpet-flower. Tree. 



64 B. ANTJSYPHILITICA (Mart, reise. bras, ex Linnaea, 5. p. 

 38.) arboreous ; lower leaves bipinnate ; superior ones digitately 

 quinate ; leaflets ovate, long-acuminated, glabrous ; panicles 

 dichotomous; capsule linear, flat. \) . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Rio Negro. Flowers green. Calyx inflated. 



Antisiphylitic Trumpet-flower. Tree. 



65 B. MEGAPOTA'MICA (Spreng. syst. add. p. 237.) leaves 

 quinate, glabrous ; leaflets petiolate, obovate-oblong, quite en- 

 tire ; peduncles bifid, axillary, cymose ; calyx 5-toothed ; 

 corolla downy. fj . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Grande. 



Rio Grande Trumpet-flower. Shrub or tree. 



66 B. ORBICULA'TA (Jacq. amer. 184. t. 180. f. 79.) scandent ; 

 leaves quinate; leaflets oblong, acuminated, glabrous; racemes 

 axillary. fj \j> S. Native of Carthagena, in woods. Jaca- 

 randa orbiculata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 834. Leaflets on long 

 petioles. There is a tendril on the upper leaves, in place of a 

 terminal leaflet. Flowers middle-sized, sweet-scented, yellowish, 

 with a paler limb. Follicles large, orbicular, compressed, flat, 

 shining, nearly like those of Jacaranda Bakamensis. This is 

 perhaps a species of Jacaranda. 



Orbicular-podded Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. 



5. Leaves abruptly pinnate, or bipinnate, furnished with 

 tendrils. 



67 B. CHICA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. sequin. 1. p. 107. t. 31. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 142.) scandent ; leaves abruptly 

 bi-pinnate ; leaflets conjugate, elliptic-ovate, acuminated, deeply 

 cordate, glabrous ; panicles axillary, pendulous. J? . w . S. 

 Native on the banks of the Orinoco, and Cassiquiares, near 

 Maypures; Esmeralda; and Mandavaca. Barkchinky. Branches 

 terete, green, dotted with brown. Leaves 8-10 inches long, 

 abruptly bi-pinnate ; pinnae 2 pair; leaflets conjugate. Tendrils 

 simple, from the tups of the general and partial petioles. 

 Branches of panicle dichotomous. Calyx almost quite entire, 

 fleshy. Corolla funnel-shaped, violaceous ; limb with nearly 

 equal, rounded segments. Follicles 2 inches long, compressed, 

 J an inch broad. 



Chica Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1819. Shrub cl. 



68 B. CLE'MATIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 141.) 

 scandent; leaves conjugately pinnate, with an odd one; leaflets 

 2 pairs, ovate, narrowed at top, acute, cordate at the base, 

 glabrous ; flowers panicled. I? . w . S. Native of Llanos de 



